Cushion.



.PATENTED MAY 5, 1903.

c. R. BURDIUK.

CUSHION APPLIoATIoN FILED Nov. ze, 1902.

.H0 MODEL.

"NITED STATES Patented May 5, 1903.

PATENT FFICE.

'C'USHI`ON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 727,079, dated May 5, 1903.

Application filed November 28,1902. Serial No. 132,985. (No model.)

T0 all whom t muy concern.:

Be it known that l, CHESTER R. BURDICK, a

citizen of the United States,residing at Watertown, in the county of Jefferson and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cushions; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to upholstery, and particularly to cushions andthe like. It has special reference to the mode of forming cushions, mattresses, the upholstered parts of furniture, and all articles of a like character in which a soft or resilient surface is-sought to be obtained.

A salient object of the invention is to so form the edge or side portions of articles of this character that these portions will retain their resiliency and -form as long as the other parts and so that the resiliency will be substantially equal in allparts.

Another object is to provide means for keeping articles of this character in shape and to aord support for its parts.

An embodiment of the invention possessing all of the foregoing and other desirable characteristics is delineated forV purpose of illustration in the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, and which show the invention as applied to a cushion and upon an inspection of which novel details in construction and arrangement will be apparent.

In the drawings like reference characters refer to corresponding parts in the several views, of which- A Figure 1 is a perspective View of the cushion, showing fabrics thereof ripped and drawn aside and a part of the stufiingwithdrawn to show details. Fig. 2 is a sectional View of the cushion on the line ya of Fig. 1, and Fig. Sis a perspective view of the bottom of the cushion.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates a cushion constructed in accordance with my invention. The upper portion of the cushion is formed of the cov'- ering fabric 2 and the under fabrics 3, which are brought together and fastened, preferably sewed, in the edge of the cushion, as at the seam 4. Suitable lining and stuffing mavor near its edge.

'terials 5 and 6, respectively, are interposed between the upper and lower fabrics and the upper fabric is tufted to the lower, 7 designating the tuftiugbuttons. The cushion made in this manner forms the top portion of the article.

Outer side fabrics 8 and 9 are joined, preferably by sewing, to the upper portion of the article, as at seam 4, and an inner side fabric 10 is joined, preferably by sewing, to the fabric '7 ofthe top portion at or near the edge seam 4. YThe fabrics 9 and 10 extend downward and entirely'around the top portion at They are fastened to a base portion or frame 1l,Y the outer side fabric 9 being preferably tacked to the edge 12 of said frame and the inner side fabric 10 to the top surface thereof, as at 13. The side fabric 8, which serves as a covering for the fabric 9,- is also fastened to the base-frame, preferably in a similar manner to fabric 9. It will thus be seen that the fabrics 9 and 10, which extend entirely around the cushion and the base-frame, form a surrounding chamber 14, this chamber being stued with some suitable material 15, so as form a separate cushion for supporting the edge part of the top portion or cushion of the article.

Sp'ringwork 16, resting upon and supported `by the base-frame 11, engages the fabric 3,

and thus supports the inner part of the upper portion of the article, and the stuffed charnber 14 supports the edge or outer part thereof, this chamber giving the edge a stability and at the same time a resiliency which is easy and comfortable to the user.

The base-frame 11 serves as a support for the entire cushion, the side chamber 14 and the springwork 16, which support the upper cushion, bearing thereon. This base-frame also serves to hold the cushion together and to maintain its form and outline.

It will be readily seen that the chamber 14 gives greater and more easy resiliency to the Aedge of the cushion than if the springs were brought Iiush to the edge thereof and that by the use of springs a cushion is secured which will retain its life and resiliency for an indeinite period. The springwork occupies space hitherto filled With stuffing material, and the springs being lighter than the stuffing material a lighter article is secured. The

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space occupied by the springwork forms an air-chamber, which is substantially air-tight when the base-frame rests upon an even surface, and an air-cushion is thus obtained in conjunction with the springwork. The provision of the surrounding stuffed chamber associated with springs combines in one article the advantageous features of a cushion constructed in such mannerthat springs alone are used for the purpose of giving resiliency and one wherein entire dependence is placed upon stuffing for resiliency, and the disadvantageous features of the old modes of con-4 struction are eliminated.

It will be obvious that minor changes and alterations in the specific construction disclosed and that various o1her embodiments of the invention may readily be made Without in the least departing from the principle thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A cushion of the character described, comprising a rigid supporting-frame having an open central portion, an upholstered top, vertically-disposed strips of fabric separated to form a space entirely around the cushion and beneath the top thereof, the upper part of said space being closed by the bottom of the top and said strips of fabric being secured at their bottom edges to the supporting-frame, lling material in said surrounding space, and springs supported by the rigid supporting-frame located between the same and the top and exerting an upward tension against said top, substantially as described.

2. A cushion of the character described, comprising a rigid dat supporting-frame having an open central portion, an upholstered top, vertically-disposed strips of fabric sepaarated to form'a space extending around the cushion and beneath the top thereof, said strips of fabric being secured at their bottom edges to the outer portion of the supportingframe, a filling in said space, the inner portion of said frame extendinginwardly beyond the innermost layer of fabric, and springs supported upon the upper surface of the inwardlyprojecting portion of the supporting-frame and located between the same and the top, said springs exerting an upward tension against said top, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHESTER R. BURDICK.

Vitnesses:

L. H. GARD, C. A. BURDICK. 

